trick
Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
Noun 4 meanings
Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
“It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced.”
A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
“And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.”
An entertaining difficult physical action.
“That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?”
An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
“tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?”
Verb 3 meanings
To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
“You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.”
To draw (as contrasted with to blazon, which is to describe in words).
To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.
Adjective 3 meanings
Involving trickery or deception.
“trick photography”
Able to perform tricks.
Defective or unreliable.
Etymology
g. Middle High German ūftrechen (“to do something to someone, hurt someone”), vertrechen (“to conceal, get over on someone”), zuotrechen (“to obtain falsely or deceitfully, wangle, finagle”), etc.
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TRICK at a glance
TRICK has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + I 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,082 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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